Have you (or anyone that reads this) ever seen a small pencil shanked bulldog - diamond shank and all? If you have, please post. I'm not sure if that would be a pleasing design or not. I'm just curious.

"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" - Jesus

Have you (or anyone that reads this) ever seen a small pencil shanked bulldog - diamond shank and all? If you have, please post. I'm not sure if that would be a pleasing design or not. I'm just curious.

I've not seen one, AFAIR.

I imagine that such would be logistically difficult, the squaring of a shank already increasing the perceived diameter of a shank without adding much in the way of durability. It seems to me that any squared shank that would look like a pencil-shank would, in practicality, have to be a spaghetti-shank which is hiding underneath the four triangular superadditions.

Have you (or anyone that reads this) ever seen a small pencil shanked bulldog - diamond shank and all? If you have, please post. I'm not sure if that would be a pleasing design or not. I'm just curious.

I've not seen one, AFAIR.

I imagine that such would be logistically difficult, the squaring of a shank already increasing the perceived diameter of a shank without adding much in the way of durability. It seems to me that any squared shank that would look like a pencil-shank would, in practicality, have to be a spaghetti-shank which is hiding underneath the four triangular superadditions.

I think you're right. The wall thickness of the shank facet that is closest to the tangent point of the draft hole would have to be super thin to pull off the look. But, you know what, I bet somebody could do it. Practicality be damned. I'm sure they'd ruin a bunch of blocks in the process.

"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven" - Jesus